Associate Consultant at FBDS Nigeria

FBDS is a management consulting firm on a mission to making franchising the preferred business venture model in Nigeria, as a strategic means of building sustainable businesses that operate best practices.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Associate Consultant

Location: Lagos

The Ideal Candidate
Business Operations System Development Expertise – Quality business writing, SOP documentation, strategic work-flow design, business modelling:

• Lead projects and, as required, provide work direction for junior consultants
• Work with clients to understand their needs and identify opportunities for value creation
• Develop business proposals and client presentations
• Pro-actively seek and help secure new business through ongoing client relationships and through the building and maintaining professional networks
• Develop strategy, plans, organization and/or process design, and effective deployment solutions (communications, KPI development, education, training, etc.) to ensure achievement of agreed outcomes for clients.
• Embed thought leadership as a discipline to consolidate our organization’s unique value proposition
• Development of development-related research and benchmarking that enhances our competitive advantage and professional reputation
• Effectively manage client relationships so our organization is viewed as a preferred provider of strategic industry consulting, training & business development services.
• Demonstrate leadership in collaborating and cooperating with other members of our team, to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality work
• Achievement of internal KPIs for business development, revenue delivery and client satisfaction
• Ensure process discipline requirements are met as related to client information, knowledge management and other areas as communicated by management
• Consistently demonstrate alignment with our organizational core values

Qualifications

• Minimum of B.Sc in Business Management or related discipline
• 6 – 10 years post-NYSC Cognate experience in Management Consulting, Project Management is a MUST.
• MBA with Professional Certification is an added advantage.

Key Competency
Business writing, SOP documentation, work-flow design

Professional competence as demonstrated by:

• Strong influencing and leadership skills reflected by the ability to work effectively across a variety of clients showing a proactive approach to building client satisfaction and strong relationships
• Strong project management skills and ability to manage two or more projects simultaneously
• Thought leadership in Management Consulting practice
• Demonstrated ability to sell and positively impact revenue growth
• Strong commercial acumen
• Strong financial skills
• Demonstrated high level analytical & problem-solving skills including the ability to analyse complex sets of data and develop compelling business cases
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills, including the capability to develop and deliver high-quality public presentations
• Demonstrated delivery excellence (performance to goals/KPIs)
• Ability to effectively manage complex relationships

Personal competencies as demonstrated by:

• Interest in being a part of, and growing with an innovative and emerging consulting solution providing firm
• Presence and self-confidence.
• A communication style which positively impacts.
• Interest in the development of Micro, Small and Medium Scale enterprises
• Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to teach others
• A demonstrated passion for the job and stamina to keep working at a high pace.
• Flexibility & resilience
• Ability and willingness to challenge constructively and effectively.
• Unquestioned integrity.

Application Closing Date
15th October, 2020.